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  • MSI installer issue (Soz if this is the wrong place)
    by Spenceee
    2 Replies
    Last post by Spenceee
      • I have VS 2005 SP1 for vista beta. I don't have experience making MSI files, so sorry. I can't find the option int he menus/property pages to change the name on the setup file. As in the setup is named "Setup1" and installs to the application folder DefaultCompanyName\. Where are these settings I really tried to look everywhere I could think of. Cheers.
  • Override of WebBrowserSite IDocHostUIHandler using WebBrowser.CreateWebBrowserSiteBase doesn't work
    by DonW
    4 Replies
    Last post by David Mohundro
      • According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.webbrowser.createwebbrowsersitebase.aspx I should be able to customize the behavior of the System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser control as follows: "To use this feature, implement classes that inherit from the WebBrowser and WebBrowser.WebBrowserSite classes. The unmanaged WebBrowser ActiveX control uses the protected C
  • presenting label text or showing dialog
    by miscal
    14 Replies
    Last post by miscal
      • Hi, My application includes accessing SQL server. The code specifies label text "connecting" BEFORE the connection opening line. in some cases, the lables presented on dialogs "please wait..". Still, since the computer is 'too fast' - the dialog is not shown because the computer reaches the showdialog line and before the dialog is shown it reaches to the connection opening l
  • DataGridView: One double click calls both CellMouseClick and CellMouseDoubleClick
    by Keren S
    11 Replies
    Last post by Ross Dargan
      • Now I see that my question was very badly writen so I re-write it. I am writing in C#. I have a DataGridView and two functions: One to handle the CellMouseClick event and one to handle the CellMouseDoubleClick event. The problem is that if the user double click a cell, BOTH events are called! First the CellMouseClick and then the CellMouseDoubleClick directly after. They are both called by the VER
  • Save CheckBox on Settings???
    by James0886
    4 Replies
    Last post by James0886
      • Hi. If a user checks a checkbox on my app how can i save that option to my settings file (Config.settings) , when next time the user loads the app the checkbox is check. How can i do that Thx in advance.
  • need helpwith IllegalCrossThreadCall
    by suryahalim
    3 Replies
    Last post by sirjis
      • hello guys i got this problem with IllegalCrossThreadCall. i got a source code which created using .net 1 from my friend who is graduating and when i tried to run it always have the exception i know that in .net framework 2 you cannot called from anotherr thread is there anyway to go around it thanks surya
  • Problem with inherits form
    by cwlaualex
    13 Replies
    Last post by BonnieB
      • I am trying to modify my existing form to use a new base form. In my new base form, I have added the following property. <DefaultValue(False)> _ Public Property TrainingMode() As Boolean Get Return Me.trainingLabel.Visible End Get Set(ByVal value As Boolean) Me.trainingLabel.Visible = value End Set End Property I use the trainingLabel visibility to indicate
  • Lost MaskColumn in DataGridView ?
    by ERP1
    2 Replies
    Last post by ERP1
      • Hi ! I am using Microsoft.Samples.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCustomColumn; private void BuildGrid(DataGridView dgv, DataTable dt) { MaskedTextBoxColumn mtbc = new MaskedTextBoxColumn(); mtbc.DataPropertyName ="Date"; mtbc.Mask = "00/00/0000"; mtbc.HeaderText = Header; mtbc.Width = 20; mtbc.Tag = "d";
  • ProgressBar animation?
    by LKeene
    2 Replies
    Last post by Yu Guo ¨C MSFT
      • Is there a quick and easy way (i.e. change a setting) to force the progressBar to change from the default prorgress indicator to the animated one (for example, the one you see when VS2005 help is updating...looks like "Kit" from Knight-Rider ) Thanks!
  • Bound or Unbound
    by Dactilifera
    3 Replies
    Last post by Zhi-Xin Ye - MSFT
      • Hy I have an application with 5 modules, each module have one datagrid/listview with data. I am not decided yet wich control should I use datagrid or listview because if I use datagrid I should bind a datatable, but if I use a list view I was thinking to create a datareader and add by hand data in listview. What should I do Which is the best
  • .NET shape control with transparency or some sort of Image marquee tool?
    by soconne
    1 Replies
    Last post by theblueeyz
      • Does anybody know of a C# .NET shape control that has working transparency or some sort of Image marquee tool control that displays a dotted selection box It needs to work in winforms.
  • Isolated Storage
    by Mik
    2 Replies
    Last post by Mik
      • How can I store files in an Isolated Storage I've only found a method to create a directory...
  • Where to download this project?
    by AliOmar3333
    3 Replies
    Last post by boban.s
      • Hi, I am feeling quite stupid now, but I cannot find where I download this sample project: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa645514(VS.71).aspx Hope anyone can show me! Thanks!
  • Merging arrays
    by Murali Krishna K
    4 Replies
    Last post by Murali Krishna K
      • Hi All, I am trying to find answer for this for the past 5 days and I didn't come across a reasonable solution. What I am looking for is ... I am getting no.of two dimentional arrays from one part of the program. And I need to write these array data to Excel. If I get say 50 arrays, then I need to call the Excel writing function 50 times, which opens, writes and closes excel object each t
  • Place a property of Settings into a XML file.
    by Nguyen Vo Nam Long
    7 Replies
    Last post by mEErEck
      • Hi, I want to place a Property of Settings, ex: Properties.Settings.Default.Test into an XML file because when I do declaration in XML environment, all of the values under effect of a tag so it could not understand the Property Please help me to solve this problem. Thank you, Long Nguyen
  • Get event when WebBrowser-print fails?!
    by Wuschba
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    Last post by Wuschba
      • Hi. I use System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser to load (WebBrowser.Url="...") and print (WebBrowser.print()) a webpage. This works fine so far. My problem is: When printing fails (the printer has a paper jam for example) my applicaiton is not noticed. Is there a way to get to know if the printing was successfull or failed
  • how to select all records in datagrid view using check box column
    by sadineni
    3 Replies
    Last post by sadineni
      • hi, i have a unbound check box column datagridview control and one checkBox control on form outside the datagridview for the purpose of select/deselect all rows. how to select/deselect all rows(i.e., check/uncheck all check boxes in checkbox column) in datagridview using the outside the checkbox. please any one help me.
  • Tools > Options window design question
    by DotNet_Student
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    Last post by wjousts
      • I am trying to implement an "Option" window like MS Visual Studio 05. I have a TreeView control that displays the catagory of each option. Clicking on a node (option catagory) will display the appropriate options on the window. Problem: This implementation is extremly cumbersome when it comes to design it. Currently I have bunch of Panel controls with thier visible pro
  • How to make the windows form invisible for first time
    by manjunath cv
    9 Replies
    Last post by manjunath cv
      • Hi guys i am doing an C# application in which if userclick the shortcut of the application the main form for first time it shud be invisible for first time and when user clicks the shortcut next time the form should appear....... i am finding a tough time time in solving this as i am new to programming is there any way we can make the form invisible for first time when user click the shortcut and
  • Conditional Copy
    by pesangar
    3 Replies
    Last post by PhilWilson
      • I have an msi, with the cutom action (which is an executable), In the custom action, few inputs are gathered from the user and based on that I need to copy the files to the destination, the problem i am facing is, if i add all the files in the msi, it copies all the files to the target, but i want only few files to be copied. Is this possible
  • 2-way databinding with a BindingSource
    by Mikeg22
    7 Replies
    Last post by Mikeg22
      • When I set up a simple binding scenario using a BindingSource, it seems that using the BindingSource's constructor to set the datasource makes it so 2-way databinding doesn't work (the object->control part of it). Here is some sample code, just paste it into the code for a normal form with a textbox and button on it: Public Class Form1 Private _class1Instance As New Class1 Public Sub New()
  • cross-thread UI updating?
    by mdelvecchio
    11 Replies
    Last post by mdelvecchio
      • hello, i am a long time asp.net developer, but new to winform programming. in the application ive been assigned, the mainform spawns a new thread to fetch a bunch of data from a method. this takes time, which is why its been placed into its own thread, allowing the rest of the ui to be usable: Private m_getDashboardDataThread As Thread ... 'this is the method that gets the data and *currently* bi
  • ToolTip instead of MessageBox
    by Antuntun
    3 Replies
    Last post by Antuntun
      • Is there a way to display the ToolTips instead of the MessageBox Event is something like this: if (comboBox1.Text.ToString() == "Select Something...") { MessageBox.Show("Please select something!"); } else { //Something... }
  • How to set the tab order of columns w/in a DatagridView control
    by bobchauvin
    2 Replies
    Last post by DAN TRUNG
      • How do you set the tab order for columns in a datagridview VS2005 B2
  • Cannot restore from taskbar
    by kma8520
    5 Replies
    Last post by kma8520
      • I've recently taken over development of a previous programmer's project. I'm in the process of debugging and have most of the issues ironed out except for this pesky little bugger. The program is an SDI app. There is one panel located on the main form. If I minimize the program with no forms loaded onto the panel then the program will "restore to normal" from the taskbar. If a form is